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The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands organises in Amsterdam an international two-day conference on new diagnostic strategies for assessing the cleaning in conservation treatments on February 7-8, 2019.

Our partner ICCROM is launching a survey on the current state of scientific research for heritage conservation. Is scientific research becoming more inclusive to diverse stakeholders? Has access to knowledge and information improved? Are the benefits of research being...

Preventive Conservator/Conservation Engineer Fixed Term, Full Time The National Gallery seeks to recruit a highly motivated individual to join the team delivering the One Gallery Accommodation Hub project, a major building project in the heart of the...

Scientific Symposium Frontiers in Heritage Science The Symposium is the first of the two main events of the World Meeting on Heritage, Sciences and Technologies to be held in Paris from 13 to 16 February 2019, on the occasion of the opening of the new...

Stopping colours of cultural heritage objects from fading Stopping colours of cultural heritage objects from fading is one of the most important assignments of preventive conservation. Knowledge about the pigments or colorants used and the...

Vacancies for Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow 1) Vacancy for Scientist: Colour Science The British Museum is looking to recruit a dynamic and flexible Scientist to work within the Department of Scientific Research. The post holder will develop and...

A unique forum focused on optics research in the field of Heritage Science Held again in Munich at the World of Photonics Congress in June 2019, O3A is an established event for discussing advanced methods and new instruments for the historical study,...

An integrated approach to the monitoring of cleaning Time, inexorably, spreads a patina over artworks. Sometimes, it is human intervention itself, especially ancient retouching and restoration, which heavily...

#Museum30 Day 20: Thanks to collaborative projects such as the @iperionch (on #encaustic binding media) and #APPEAR (a project on ancient panel painting coordinated by @GettyMuseum ), the last 12 months have been all about #mummyportraits!!